This ballet is a Disney classic and is famous for the Rose Adagio.
What is "Sleeping Beauty?"
100
This composer wrote the music score for The Nutcracker and Swan Lake.
Who is Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
100
This adorable fellow is TAD's mascot.
Who is Rocky?
200
She is a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, she has incredible arches, her first name starts with an "s," and our Senior company idolizes her.
Who is Svetlana Zakharova?
200
This is the meaning of "rond de jambe."
What is "around the leg?"
200
This ballet is about a peasant girl who falls in love with a disguised count, gets betrayed, dies of a broken heart, and becomes a Wili.
What is "Giselle?"
200
He was an originator of ballet and his nickname was "the Sun King."
Who is King Louis XIV?
200
He was the crocodile in our Peter Pan (first and last name required).
Who is Mr. Sean Armstrong?
300
She was famous for her "Dying Swan" variation.
Who is Anna Pavlova?
300
This is the meaning of "tomber."
What is "to fall?"
300
This ballet is about a temple dancer named Nikiya who falls in love with a prince, gets killed by the prince's betrothed, becomes a Shade, and rejoins her love in the Land of Shades when he dies.
What is "La Bayadere?"
300
This central character from a well-known ballet used to be, and sometimes still is, called Marie.
Who is Clara?
300
This significant event happened on April 16, 2011, resulting in a postponed performance among other things.
What is a tornado?
400
She was an English ballerina who famously danced into her forties. She often danced with Rudolf Nureyev.
Who is Margot Fonteyn?
400
This is the meaning of "petits battements."
What is "little beats?"
400
This was the first ballet in which a ballerina danced en pointe.
What is "La Sylphide?"
400
He choreographed Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and the Nutcracker.
Who is Marius Petipa?
400
Which ballet have we done in the past: La Fille Mal Gardee, or Paquita?
Trick question; we've done both!
500
She danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and she is Ms. Kristin's favorite dancer of all time.
Who is Gelsey Kirkland?
500
This is the meaning of "sur le coup de pied."
What is "on the neck of the foot?"
500
This ballet is about a night on the town. The music was composed by George Gershwin.
What is "Who Cares?"
500
This lady created what is now one of the oldest European styles of ballet. This style is now known by this lady's last name. (first and last name required).